Before choosing a residential care home or nursing home in Brighton & Hove, take a moment to explore live-in care. A dedicated, fully-trained carer lives in your loved one's home — preserving their independence, their routines, and their connection to the seafront, the Lanes, and the South Downs. Often at a comparable cost to a Brighton & Hove care home.
Brighton, Hove, Kemptown, Preston Park, Hanover, Hangleton, Portslade, Patcham, Withdean, Rottingdean — and across the East Sussex coast postcodes (BN1, BN2, BN3).
Brighton & Hove is a city where many older residents have lived for fifty years or more — through the regeneration, the festivals, the changing seafront. The sea, the Lanes, the parks at Preston and Hove are part of who they are. A care home inland is rarely what they choose.
There are around 65 registered care homes in and around Brighton & Hove — a mix of residential care homes, nursing homes, and dementia-specialist facilities. Brighton & Hove has the highest concentration of care homes in Sussex — but quality and CQC ratings vary widely, particularly in the older Victorian conversions. Weekly fees typically average £1,490 per week, with dementia-specialist or nursing-level care frequently exceeding £1,800–£2,200 per week.
Against that backdrop, live-in care has shifted from being a premium option to often being the more sensible financial choice for Brighton & Hove families — particularly for couples, where one weekly fee covers both partners.
Our carers cover Brighton & Hove across every neighbourhood — from Kemptown to Portslade, Patcham to Rottingdean. A dedicated, CQC-regulated carer moves into your loved one's home in Brighton & Hove for a continuous rotation — typically 2 to 4 weeks at a time — and provides:
Crucially, your relative keeps:
Live-in care from us starts at £1,295 per week for standard elderly support, rising to around £1,650 per week for complex dementia or nursing-level care. Compared with the £1,490/week average for Brighton & Hove care homes — and the fact that live-in care covers both partners of a couple at no extra cost — the maths increasingly favours staying at home.
Additional points Brighton & Hove families often overlook when comparing care home fees to live-in care:
Beyond the care home vs live-in care question, we help families in Brighton & Hove access the right type of care for their situation:
For urgent situations — hospital discharge in Brighton & Hove, rapid deterioration, family crisis — we can typically place a carer within 48–72 hours. For planned care, the more usual timeline is 7–10 days from first call to first day, allowing for proper carer matching and a thorough home assessment.
Care homes in Brighton & Hove typically charge around £1,490 per week for residential care, rising to £1,800–£2,200 per week for dementia-specialist or nursing care. Live-in care starts from £1,295 per week — and crucially, that fee covers a couple at no extra cost.
There are around 65 registered care homes in and around Brighton & Hove, ranging from small residential homes to purpose-built nursing and dementia care facilities. CQC ratings vary widely — we can help you interpret them honestly.
Live-in care is the most common alternative to a Brighton & Hove care home. A fully-trained, CQC-regulated carer moves into your loved one's home and provides one-to-one support 24 hours a day — preserving independence, routines and connection to the seafront, the Lanes, and the South Downs and the wider Brighton & Hove community.
Often, yes — particularly for couples. Live-in care starts from £1,295 per week, while the average care home in Brighton & Hove costs around £1,490 per week per person. For a couple in Brighton & Hove, live-in care is dramatically more economical, as both partners are cared for under one fee.
Yes. All our carers in Brighton & Hove are trained in dementia care, and we have specialist dementia carers available for more advanced cases. The familiar home environment is often clinically better for people with dementia than the disorientation of moving into a residential care home.
Yes — our live-in care service is fully CQC-regulated, the same regulatory framework that governs care homes in Brighton & Hove. You get the same protections and standards, delivered in the home rather than a residential setting.
A free, no-obligation conversation about care homes, nursing homes and live-in care in Brighton & Hove. We'll be honest about what would work for your family — and if a care home is genuinely the right answer, we'll tell you that too.
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